Shloka 30

उपमन्युकुमारस्य क्षीरार्थ-प्रार्थना तथा शिवप्रसाद-निबन्धनम् | Upamanyu’s Longing for Milk and the Doctrine of Shiva’s Grace

Devanagari script

त्वं न जानासि वै रुद्रं सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वरम् । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां जनकम्प्रकृतेः परम्

Transliteration

tvaṃ na jānāsi vai rudraṃ sarvadeveśvareśvaram | brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ janakamprakṛteḥ param

Translation

You do not truly know Rudra—the sovereign Lord over all the gods—who is the progenitor even of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa, and who stands beyond Prakṛti (material nature).

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वरम्: the lord of the lords of all gods
• सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव-ईश्वर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां देवानां ईश्वराणां ईश्वरः)

• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानाम्: of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa
• ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-विष्णु-महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa)

• जनकम्: the progenitor/father
• जनकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रकृतेः: of Prakṛti (nature)
• प्रकृतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme/beyond
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying रुद्रम्/जनकम्)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shatarudra Samhita discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya, conveying the doctrinal point that Rudra is Pati beyond Prakriti)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Brahma
• Vishnu
• Mahesha
• Prakriti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It declares Rudra as the supreme Pati—Lord over all divine powers—transcendent to Prakṛti, implying liberation comes from right knowledge and devotion to Śiva beyond merely worldly or even celestial identifications.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though Rudra is beyond Prakṛti (nirguṇa in essence), devotees approach Him through saguna forms such as the Śiva-liṅga; the verse supports liṅga-worship as a doorway to realizing the transcendent Lord who surpasses all deities and cosmic functions.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Rudra as ‘sarvadeveśvareśvara’ while japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), using bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and/or rudrākṣa to steady remembrance that Śiva is beyond Prakṛti and grants mokṣa.